When my dad was in the service, he met another serviceman on the train, who was going to the same area on a pass, that my dad was going to....
So my dad invited this man(who actually became a lifelong friend to dad) to come and stay with him and his mom and family..
. Well, they walked into the kitchen, and there was grammie with a bunch of other folk, playing cards, with an unfiltered camel cig hanging from her mouth, a highball drink in her hand, and swearing like a sailor because the card action had stalled for a moment..
. Dad says, this friend he brought home to meet grammie, just about flipped out...he said, "Thats a mother?"...dad just laughed..."Yep, there she is", said dad,..Grammie was quite a gal...
Her idea of a really fun weekend, when they were living out in California, was to drive down to Reno for the weekend, and spend the weekend, in the casinos, smoking, drinking and playing cards...
She was loads of fun, and we loved it when she came to live with us for a few months every couple of years...